Improvement in pen-and-pencil cases



lF. EDGELL.

Pen'and Pencil Cases.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK EDGELL, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT iN PN-AND-PENCIL ASS.A

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 137,900, dated April 15, 1873; application iiiled October 7, 1872.

To all whom it may concern.'

Beit known that I, FREDERCK EDGELL, of Buialo, in the county of Erie and State of New Yorkhave invented an Improved Calendar Pen-and-Pencil Holder, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to the combination, with a pen-and-pencil holder, of' sleeves arranged to turn and slide thereon in such a manner and in such relation to the igures thereon as will form a continuous calendar by proper daily adjustment.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure I is a view of the penand-pencil case and Acalendar complete. Fig. II is a section 0n line wx. Fig. III shows the sleeve upon which the days of the week are engraved. Fig. IV shows the sleeve upon which the names of the months are engraved. Fig. V shows the slide upon and through which the days of the month are displayed. Fig. VI is a section of the pencil-case, the movable slides being removed.

Like letters of reference designate like parts in each ofthe gures.

A is the tube, into which the pencil a and pen a1 are held, the pencil being kept from sliding in or out by the adjustable sleeve b. B is a sleeve provided with four openings, a?, a3, a4, and c5. Three of these are numbered 1,2, and

A 3, and the other is blank, as it is intended to be used from the first to the ninth days of the month. C is a hollovtT sleeve, which is slid over the tube A and fastened thereto at c. It is provided with slot c1 and 02, through which the days of the Week engraved on the sleeve cl and the months of the year on the sleeve cl are displayed.

The calendar may be arranged so as to work automatically by turning a flange formed on numbers Von the tube.

the sleeve, Which displays the days ofthe month.

The mode of adjusting the calendar is as follows: Commencing on Monday, January l, the blank opening a2 in the sleeve B is used by sliding over the figures on the pencil-tube, moving it from one number to another until the tenth day of the month is reached, When the sleeve is turned on the tube until the opening a3 is in line with the The sleeve is then moved until the cipher is shown through the opening, showing l0. The sleeve is then slid back until figure l is under the opening, showing the eleventh day of the month. It is then slid over the numbers, as before, and at 9 turned on the tube until the opening a4 is in line With Jthe gures, when the sleeve is slid over them, as before, completing the month. The days of the Week are changed by turning the sleeve d from one day to another, -and the days of the month are changed in a silnilar manner by turning and sliding the sleeve d.

The object of my invention is to supply the trade With a convenient pocket-calendar peuand-pencil holder, Which can use up small pieces of pencil, and can be made at :a small cost.

Claim.

Witnesses:

VICTOR H. BECKER, J it/[Es SANGsTER. 

